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Leibniz's metaphysics : its origins and development / Christia Mercer.

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This book offers a major reassessment of Leibniz's metaphysics. Christia Mercer has exposed for the first time the underlying doctrines of Leibniz's philosophy. By analysing Leibniz's early works she demonstrates that the metaphysics of pre-established harmony developed many years ear...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Mercer, Christia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, > Freiherr von, > 1646-1716 > Contributions in metaphysics.
Metaphysics > History > 17th century.
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, > Freiherr von, > 1646-1716.
Metaphysics.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • References to Leibniz's works
  • Introduction : first truths and half truths
  • PART I. Metaphysics of method
  • 1. Eclectism and conciliation, 1661-68
  • PART II. Metaphysics of substance
  • 2. Aristotelian assumptions, 1668-69
  • 3. Original conception of substance, 1669
  • 4. Second conception of substance, 1669-early1671
  • PART III. Metaphysics of divinity
  • 5. Platonist assumptions
  • 6. Metaphysics of divinity, 1668-early 1671
  • PARY IV. Metaphysics
  • 7. Matter, passivity, and panorganic vitalism, 1670-71
  • 8. Phenomenalism and pre-established harmony 1671
  • 9. Preestablished harmony, late 1671-early 1672
  • 10. Final steps toward the mature philosophy, 1672-1679
  • Conclusion : the truth behind the First Truths
  • Appendix I : (not exactly) first truths
  • Appendix II : Leibniz's original assumptions
  • Bibliography
  • Index locorum
  • Index.

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